Once again, it's the time of year when the Major League Soccer Player’s Association does something no other professional athlete's union in the world would think to do, and releases the salaries of all rostered players in the league. As always, we tabulate New York City FC’s official payroll for you: Here are the NYCFC player salaries for 2024.
Before we get to the numbers, we will make our standard disclaimers. We list both the base salary and the total compensation (technical term: Annual Average Guaranteed Compensation), which is a best-guess that includes signing bonuses and other guaranteed payments averaged over the term of the contract. It does not include performance bonuses because, in the words of the MLSPA, “there is no guarantee that the player will hit those bonuses.”
Now for what most of you came here to see, namely the Top 20 MLS 2024 player salaries.
MLS 2024 Player Salaries | Top 20
| Name | Team | Pos | 2024 Base Salary | 2024 Total Comp | 2023 Total Comp | Change | % Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Lionel Messi | Inter Miami | F | $12,000,000 | $20,446,667 | $20,446,667 | $0 | 0.00% |
| 2. | Lorenzo Insigne | Toronto FC | F | $7,500,000 | $15,400,000 | $15,400,000 | $0 | 0.00% |
| 3. | Sergio Busquets | Inter Miami | M | $8,499,996 | $8,774,996 | $1,775,000 | $6,999,996 | 394.37% |
| 4. | Xherdan Shaqiri | Chicago Fire | M | $7,350,000 | $8,153,000 | $8,153,000 | $0 | 0.00% |
| 5. | Sebastián Driussi | Austin FC | M | $4,500,000 | $6,722,500 | $6,022,500 | $700,000 | 11.62% |
| 6. | Federico Bernardeschi | Toronto FC | F | $3,125,000 | $6,295,381 | $6,295,381 | $0 | 0.00% |
| 7. | Emil Forsberg | New York Red Bulls | M | $5,405,000 | $6,035,625 | - | - | - |
| 8. | Héctor Herrera | Houston Dynamo | M | $4,750,000 | $5,246,875 | $5,246,875 | $0 | 0.00% |
| 9. | Hany Mukhtar | Nashville SC | M | $3,800,000 | $5,211,667 | $3,188,750 | $2,022,917 | 63.44% |
| 10. | Carles Gil | New England Revolution | M | $4,000,000 | $4,452,083 | $3,545,833 | $906,250 | 25.56% |
| 11. | Christian Benteke | DC United | F | $4,250,000 | $4,432,778 | $4,432,778 | $0 | 0.00% |
| 12. | Luis Muriel | Orlando City SC | F | $2,832,817 | $4,336,150 | - | - | - |
| 13. | Luciano Acosta | FC Cincinnati | M | $2,960,000 | $4,216,413 | $2,222,854 | $1,993,559 | 89.68% |
| 14. | Denis Bouanga | LAFC | F | $2,920,000 | $3,609,500 | $2,472,222 | $1,137,278 | 46.00% |
| 15. | Alan Pulido | Sporting Kansas City | F | $3,600,000 | $3,600,000 | $2,200,000 | $1,400,000 | 63.64% |
| 16. | Teemu Pukki | Minnesota United | F | $3,200,000 | $3,550,000 | $3,550,000 | $0 | 0.00% |
| 17. | Hugo Cuypers | Chicago Fire | F | $3,238,000 | $3,528,044 | - | - | - |
| 18. | Walker Zimmerman | Nashville SC | D | $3,200,000 | $3,456,979 | $2,056,979 | $1,400,000 | 68.06% |
| 19. | Diego Rossi | Columbus Crew | F | $2,675,000 | $3,376,827 | $2,677,000 | $699,827 | 26.14% |
| 20. | Joseph Paintsil | LA Galaxy | F | $3,136,000 | $3,358,000 | - | - | - |
Source: Major League Soccer Player’s Association
New York City FC player salaries
And now for all of the players on the New York City roster. The table includes players on the Senior Roster and Supplemental Roster, as well as players who are on loan or officially Off-Roster, which means they're on the roster, but off it. Confused? You can read more about the roster designations here.
New York City FC 2024 Player Salaries
| Player | Pos | 2024 Base Salary | 2024 Total Comp | 2023 Total Comp | Change | % Change | Roster Spot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thiago Martins | D | $2,000,000 | $2,462,000 | $2,112,000 | $350,000 | 16.6% | DP |
| Hannes Wolf | M | $1,400,000 | $1,510,000 | - | - | - | TAM |
| Santiago Rodríguez | M | $1,200,000 | $1,331,333 | $1,331,333 | $0 | 0.0% | DP |
| Talles Magno | M | $950,000 | $1,198,000 | $1,198,000 | $0 | 0.0% | DP |
| James Sands | M | $1,000,000 | $1,058,333 | $1,058,333 | $0 | 0.0% | TAM |
| Keaton Parks | M | $900,000 | $970,000 | $550,000 | $420,000 | 76.4% | TAM |
| Birk Risa | D | $600,000 | $749,750 | $689,750 | $60,000 | 8.7% | |
| Jovan Mijatović | F | $650,000 | $687,500 | - | - | - | U22 |
| Andrés Perea | M | $575,000 | $641,500 | $591,500 | $50,000 | 8.5% | |
| Julián Fernández | F | $564,000 | $628,300 | $604,300 | $24,000 | 4.0% | U22 |
| Agustín Ojeda | M | $480,000 | $547,833 | - | - | - | U22 |
| Maxi Moralez | M | $480,000 | $500,000 | $500,000 | $0 | 0.0% | |
| Mounsef Bakrar | F | $360,000 | $456,720 | $432,720 | $24,000 | 5.5% | TAM |
| Tayvon Gray | D | $350,000 | $400,000 | $350,000 | $50,000 | 14.3% | |
| Nicolás Acevedo* | M | $300,000 | $344,800 | $274,800 | $70,000 | 25.5% | TAM (Unvailable) |
| Mitja Ilenič | D | $240,000 | $331,700 | $295,700 | $36,000 | 12.2% | |
| Alonso Martinez | F | $300,000 | $328,483 | $278,479 | $50,004 | 18.0% | |
| Strahinja Tanasijević | D | $240,000 | $308,750 | - | - | - | |
| Andres Jasson | F | $270,000 | $287,144 | $142,144 | $145,000 | 102.0% | |
| Matt Freese | GK | $250,000 | $270,000 | $180,000 | $90,000 | 50.0% | |
| Thiago* | M | $200,000 | $219,600 | $219,600 | $0 | 0.0% | TAM (Unvailable) |
| Kevin O'Toole | D | $175,000 | $195,833 | $85,444 | $110,389 | 129.2% | |
| Luis Barraza | GK | $165,000 | $172,688 | $152,688 | $20,000 | 13.1% | |
| Justin Haak | M | $150,000 | $165,000 | $165,000 | $0 | 0.0% | HG, Supplemental |
| Maximo Carrizo | M | $89,716 | $123,239 | $111,597 | $11,642 | 10.4% | Off-Roster |
| Christian McFarlane | D | $89,716 | $112,972 | $108,700 | $4,272 | 3.9% | HG, Supplemental |
| Rio Hope-Gund | D | $89,716 | $89,716 | - | - | - | Supplemental |
| Jonathan Shore | M | $71,401 | $83,901 | $79,860 | $4,041 | 5.1% | Off-Roster |
| Andrew Baiera | D | $71,401 | $77,337 | - | - | - | Off-Roster |
| Zidane Yañez | F | $71,401 | $75,568 | - | - | - | Off-Roster |
| Malachi Jones | F | $71,401 | $71,401 | - | - | - | Supplemental |
| Tomás Romero | GK | $71,401 | $71,401 | $125,000 | -$53,599 | -42.9% | Supplemental |
| Alex Rando | GK | $71,401 | $71,401 | - | - | - | Off-Roster |
| Total | $15,977,803† |
*On loan
†Excludes players on loan
Source: Major League Soccer Player’s Association
